19891110063559I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Akron, OH · November 10, 1989

Date
November 10, 1989 · 20:55 local
Place
Akron, OH
Airport
Akron-Canton Regional
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N86VA
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total2,500 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine lost power. Fire in right engine nacelle. Returned. Landed safely. Intake valve NR2 cylinder was bad.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER. FIRE IN RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. INTAKE VALVE NR2 CYLINDER WAS BAD.